Unjust Claims and Railroads Avoid Trials
A Boston Globe view notes railroads resist courts to shield profits. A claimant cites a harnessed lightning prank case where a man claims damages after his dog loses its tail wig and he gets injured by a trolley. The report highlights legal risk, jury sympathy, and rare peculiarities in railroad tort claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Bass
Washington Street
Hollis
Claim Department of the Company
Wireless-Powered Truck Demonstrated at Union Pacific Shops
A three ton Union Pacific wireless truck runs around Omaha shop grounds powered by air transmitted electricity from a central station. The locomotive hauls ten tons on its frame plus a 144 foot copper wireless wing and two small cars, delivering nearly 25 tons of load.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Frederick H. Millener
W. R. McKeen, Jr
Union Pacific Railroad
Millener
Fountain honor for Carroll Livingston in Longacre Square
A bronze granite fountain is being erected at Forty-seventh Street and Broadway in Longacre Square to honor Carroll Livingston. Designed by Charles R. Lamb and approved by the city art commission, it includes horse and dog features and drinking points for pedestrians. Livingston, born in Livingston County New York, was a noted hunter, rider, and sportsman with ties to the Union Club and Monmouth races.
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Carroll Livingston
Forty-seventh’ Street
Broadway
Longacre Square
New York
Livingston
West Forty-fifth Street
Charles R. Lamb
Art Commission of
Harry Livingston
Mary” Livingston
Union Club
Robert Livingston
Livingston County
N. Y
Carroll
Cornelia Livingston
France
Pau
Livings
George Cupps the Clever Pickpocket of Pittsburg
George Cupps twelve years old is described as the cleverest pickpocket in the United States by Joseph Linden of Pittsburg. He appeared in police court for pocketing at Pittsburg department stores. A philanthropic woman volunteering to help him lost her purse to him after Linden measured him. The boy also took a half dollar from Linden’s pocket.
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Ton
United States
Wall Street
Eugene Cruger
Helen M. Cornwall
Livingston
Hudson
Mary” Livingston
Koehler
Fifth Avenue
Carroll Livingston
Mary L. Chenney
Joseph Linden
Bertillon
Pittsburg
George Cupps
George
Wild Wooing and Pranks at Princeton and More
The piece recounts Aboriginal abduction myths, Eskimo courtship struggles, and college life at Princeton with dorms, meals, and student pranks. It recalls a torpedo incident, secret societies rivalries, and a later tale of discovering ancient gold coins in a Japanese household shrine with a banquet to honor the find.
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Nassau Hall
Princeton
New York City
New York Supreme Court
Cio
Whig
Kitayama
Oldest Alum Discusses Princeton Days as Tiger Cub
Dr. J. C. Hepburn ninety three, last surviving class member of 1832, recalls Princeton in the 1830s. He recalls stagecoach travel, a small college campus, Rutgers cannon antics, and rugby and cricket before modern athletics dominated student life. He later studied at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton University
J. C. Hepburn
Princeton
East Orange
N. J
Roosevelt
Hepburn
Milton
China
Japan
Glenwood Avenue
Nassau
Rutgers
New Brunswick
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Japanese Treasure Story Disappointing Forefather Secrets
A respected elder from an old family revealed a so called chamber of secrecy containing buried coins. The treasure story ends as a disappointment, casting doubt on the promised riches and highlighting the mystery surrounding the forefather's legacy.
Dove Killing in Georgia at Ira Cook’s Plantation
The big dove shoot in Lee county gathered 125 to 150 guns on a several hundred acre field baited for weeks. Authorities estimate over 6000 doves killed as Albany Leesburg and others joined the event. Women participated and the hunt followed by a barbecue and bird roast noted by the Atlanta Constitution.
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Ira Cook
Lee County
Albany
Leesburg
J. M. Stevens
J. T. Holder
Stevens
Lumpkin
Cor
Atlanta Constitution
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A. B. Guthrie
Choteau, Teton CO. Mont
Railroads
Frederick H Puillener
Wireless
Livingston Memiorial Fountain
Broadhay
Mr.carroll
Tueto
DE J.C. Hepburn
Tiger
Dove
Georgia
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